Adrian Hornsby (b. 1977, UK) is a writer who sees stories as music and time in landscapes. Moods range from the subversively funny to the malevolently beautiful.
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Adrian’s writing covers a rich kaleidoscope of forms and interests, including books, operas, theatre, film and kids’ shows. A few examples: Disruption in Action is a business tell-all, revealing seven insider stories of global companies in full-tilt pandemonium (BBA ‘Smart Thinking Book of the Year’ and a Handelsblatt top 10 book of 2023). As Big As the Sky, created with Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and Dutch composer Arnoud Noordegraaf, is a contemporary opera about an architect who tries to turn the world upside down. Urwald is a film thriller about consciousness; A.M. is a love story about sound. And I Piano is a show about a piano that has lost its music, and a little girl who wants to help find it again.
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Adrian’s approach to fiction and non-fiction alike is to combine high-level concepts with acute observation. Or put another way, he likes to write about ideas by using parts pulled from life. His works have won multiple awards, toured internationally, and been translated into seven languages.
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